Rogier van der Weyden

(1400?64). A leading Flemish painter of the mid-15th century, Rogier van der Weyden added a new spiritual quality to the works of his time. He greatly influenced painting both in Flanders and throughout Europe.

Rogier was born in about 1400 in Tournai, France (now in Belgium). In 1427 he joined the workshop of Robert Campin, Tournai's leading painter. Neither Campin nor Rogier signed his works,

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